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Join Lars Michaelsen in the team car

Get an inside view into the hectic life of a sport director. VaiVaiVai! Bruno do you hear me? Pawel and Chris are on their way up to you. Give them bottles when they get closer to the peloton. Stage 9 – kilometer 56. Status: Massive crash during fast start of […]

Tour of Norway Stage 5

Hønefoss, 25th of May – 2014 It was time to launch out on the final and 166 kilometer long fifth stage of Tour of Norway, which was concluded with a rather flat course but with four laps on a slightly hilly 13 kilometer long circuit in Hønefoss. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Jesper Hansen […]

Majka lost and won in Montecampion

Montecampione, 25th of May – 2014 Another grueling mountain stage was on the menu for the Giro d’Italia peloton today. A 205 kilometer flat run before taking on the 20 kilometer long uphill finish in Plan di Montecampione was the recipe for this tasty treat for the climbers and not […]

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BMC Racing Team’s Phinney Is U.S. Time Trial Champion

BMC Racing Team’s Taylor Phinney won his second national time trial title in dominant fashion Saturday at the USA Cycling professional road championships. ‘Feeling Good And Feeling Fast’Phinney’s 51-second margin of victory over runner-up Tom Zirbel (Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) was the largest in the event since […]

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Tour of Norway Queen Stage

Lillehammer, 24th of May – 2014 The 4th and penultimate stage of Tour of Norway from Brumunddal to the winter Olympic town of Lillehammer was the queen stage and a mountainous circuit concluded the day and the GC was expected to change. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Edward Beltran had a few good punches […]

Sprinters missed Giro opportunity

Rivarolo, 23rd of May – 2014 The profile and the length of today’s 157 kilometer long 13th stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia from Fossano to Rivarolo Canavese most of all indicated a bunch sprint finish. After yesterday’s consolidation of Rafal Majka’s overall third position, Tinkoff-Saxo were focusing on staying […]

Romero on the Attack Ahead of Surprising Finale

It looked like sprinters’ business, instead Giro d’Italia stage 13, Fossano-Rivarolo Canavese (158 km), last stop ahead of the mountain streak starting tomorrow, ended up in surprising fashion. In fact, three of the day’s escapees got the opportunity to sprint for victory, and Marco Canola (Bardiani) proved fast enough to […]